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US-10958946

Live time-shifted video play-continuing method and IPTV player

PublishedMarch 23, 2021
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Technical Abstract

The invention provides a live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection and an IPTV player. The method comprises: connecting to a network to obtain a data stream of a video; playing the data stream through a player to obtain a play starting time of the video; acquiring a played duration of the video when the network is disconnected; acquiring a time point of playing interruption of the video according to the play starting time and the played duration when the network is connected again; and returning to the time point through the player, and continuing to play the video at the time point. The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: directly performing the breakpoint continuous playing of the live time-shifted video from the network disconnection time point after the network is reconnected.

Patent Claims
16 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection, provides a player for playing a live time-shifted video, wherein the method comprises the steps of: Step S 1 , connecting to a network to obtain a data stream of the video; Step S 2 , playing the data stream through a player to obtain a play starting time of the video; Step S 3 , acquiring a played duration of the video in the player when network is disconnected; Step S 4 , acquiring a time point of playing interruption of the video according to the play starting time and the played duration when network is connected again; and Step S 5 , returning to the time point through the player, and continuing to play the video at the time point.

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2. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 1 , wherein Step S 1 comprises: obtaining the data stream of the video via Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP).

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3. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 1 , wherein Step S 2 comprises: when the player is playing the data stream, obtaining the play starting time of the video by decoding the data stream.

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4. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 3 , wherein in Step S 1 , the data stream of the video is obtained via Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP); and in Step S 2 , it further comprises obtaining the play starting time by analyzing a header field via the RTCP when decoding the data stream.

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5. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 4 , wherein Step S 2 further comprises: obtaining the play starting time by analyzing the header field via the RTCP in the player when decoding the data stream.

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6. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 1 , wherein in Step S 3 , the player detects network connection status in real time; when the player detects that the network is disconnected, recording the played duration of the video in the player.

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7. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 1 , Step S 4 further comprises: the player detects the network connection status in real time; when the player detects that the network is connected again, splicing the play starting time and the played duration, to obtain the time point.

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8. The live time-shifted video play-continuing method during disconnection of claim 1 , wherein Step S 5 further comprises: returning to the time point by searching the time of the player, and continuing to play the video at the time point.

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9. An IPTV player for playing a live time-shifted video, comprising: a display, a processor, an internal memory, an external memory, and a communicator, the processor being connected to the display, the internal memory, the external memory, and the communicator, respectively, and further comprising: an operating system, wherein the processor is configured to run the operating system, the operating system runs a playing application, and the playing application comprises: a data stream acquisition module for acquiring a data stream of the video after the communicator is connected to the network; a play starting time acquisition module, connected to the data stream acquisition module, configured to acquire the play starting time of the video when the IPTV player plays the data stream; a played duration acquisition module, connected to the play starting time acquisition module, configured to acquire a played duration of the video in the IPTV player when the communicator is disconnected from the network; a time point acquisition module, connected to the play starting time acquisition module and the played duration acquisition module, respectively, and configured to acquire a time point of playing interruption of the video according to the play starting time and the playing length when the communicator is connected to the network again; and a playing module, connected to the time point acquisition module, and configured to continue to play the video from the time point.

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10. The IPTV player of claim 9 , wherein the data stream acquisition module comprises: a data stream acquisition unit for acquiring the data stream of the video via Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP).

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11. The IPTV player of claim 9 , wherein the play starting time acquisition module comprises: a play starting time acquisition unit for acquiring the play starting time of the video by decoding the data stream when the data stream is played.

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12. The IPTV player of claim 11 , wherein the data stream acquisition module comprises a data stream acquisition unit for acquiring the data stream of the video via Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP); the play starting time acquisition module comprises a decoding unit, applied to a decoding operation, and configured to acquire the play starting time of the video via RTCP.

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13. The IPTV player of claim 12 , wherein the decoding unit comprises: a decoding component, applied to a decoding operation, and configured to acquire the play starting time of the video in the IPTV player via RTCP.

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14. The IPTV player of claim 9 , wherein the played duration acquisition module comprises: a first network detection unit for detecting connection status between the communicator and the network; a played duration recording unit, connected to the first network detection unit, and configured to record the played duration of the video in the IPTV player when the first network detection unit detects that the communicator is disconnected from the network.

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15. The IPTV player of claim 9 , wherein the time point acquisition module comprises: a second network detection unit for detecting connection status between the communicator and the network; an interruption time point computing unit, connected to the second network detection unit, and configured to splice the play starting time and the played duration to obtain the time point when the second network detection unit detects that the communicator is connected to the network again.

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16. The IPTV player of claim 9 , wherein the playing module comprises: a search unit for searching for the time point based on the time which the IPTV player plays and retrieves the time point; and a playing unit, connected to the search unit, and configured to start to continue to play the video from the time point.

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Filing Date

December 6, 2019

Publication Date

March 23, 2021

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